Paneled structure



Feb. 2s, 192s.

' H. F. OBERGFELL PANELED STRUCTURE mmf MENEN I f v HEP Patented F eb;28, 1928.

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@UNITED sTzvr-Es PAT-Entr ori-"lcs, N

HERBERT EyoBEnGFELL, or RIVER FOREST, ILLINQIS, AssIeNoR. .BY MESNEASSIGN- MENTS, To AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC I Nc., or QHICAGQILLINQIS, AcoRoEATxoN or DELAWARE.

TANELED STRUCTURE.

Application mea June \11 1925. Iserial JN0. 36,310.

This invention `relates in general to :panel structure, morespecifically the invention relates-:to animproved constructionofspaneled structures, .such as doors, Windows, show cases and fthelike, `which permits `(if ease :in

manufacturing and assembly 1 .with a .conse` quent .reduction Vinmanufacturing costs,

.An obj ectv of :the anvention .1s the lprovislon of ;aypaneledstructure.wherein @the weight of fthe' upper panels yis removed :fiomfthe lowerfpanels `andsupported onspecial supporting members.

. Another. object ,of my `invention 1 is f to provide a mounting forAthe `glass panels of fa structure, which can be .easily .disassembledWhenever it iis necessary Lto :replace a broken glass.`LFurtherolojects,ofmy inventionfnot specificially referred to here.will iberfappnrent from the` specification c and claims which fol- 10W.

.'lihev drawings comprising iEigs. 11,` 2, andra show sufficient.details :of a door constructed in :accordance with ethe objects of my.-invention, ito ienable La clear .understanding of-zthe invention.`#F.ig. g3 shows aportionotheztop, middle, .and bottom sections oftecomplete ly assembled door.` Fig. .l shows the top, middleand bottomsectionsof a-door :with

a part ofthe outer memberscut away todis close ithe internalconstruction. :Figw isa cross section view l of Fig. i1 taken along theline ,"AAibefQre theoutside .members were brokenaway. y

In Aanautomatic.telephone:system of the Welllknown.; Strowgerrtypeyitihas i been found expedient to A,provide a l dust proof housing forcertain .of .the switches, `to protect the switches .af-rom dust,dampness, and mechanicalinjurydue to some objectfalling againstthemilzhezswitchesiso,protected are for example, the plunger typeprimary or secondarylinexswitches. :An exampleofan installationofthisfkindfmaybe seen inFig.'95, on

page `'113i o ffthe secondfe'dition ofl Automatic Telephony vby Smith.and .Gampbell In this figure it willbe noticed that in lthe`:foreground :are tiveyline swtchboards enclosed .in a glass-and. steelzoase which -completelyisurcomprising such a case, .for example, thatofftheidoor Werevmade of Tshaped sections 60 i which avvere -Welded tofthe` door `stiles. The glasswpanefls were 'set in U shaped rubbersectionsand clampedinto the door "frainelby Wooden strips:Whiohiwereheldto `the door-by machine screws. While* thisconstructiongave' o5 a. goodsturdy.doorbthat was fairly light, itsmanufacturing cost was rather high, and accordingly-:the .door of myinvention was made to'mprove vupon litspredecessor and toreduce thismanufacturing cost.

In the door of my invention lI have -replaced ythe angle [iron Lframe bya channel iron .which has `approximately a 1/2 web and 1 flange.Thestiles f1, bottom'cross piece'` andthe top crosspieceQare made of "75this channel iron and are mitered and drilled toflt as shown `inthefdravving. Thefcross bars A separating 4the ,glass Vsections, aremade ofH sections of-such dimensions aslto permittheir-.slidingifreelyin the cliannel'of 3o theidoor iframe. The gilassormetal 4panels such as i6 and 7are supported in Vwooden strips zwhich fitin=the channelof the Iframe and into ,which the panels are llitte'd.This arrangementfreplacesthe rubber channel and 35 wooden stripsfof-theold door and accomlplishes thesameipurpose, thatis preventing this U bymeans of the cornerbraces 8 which are held in place by machine screwssubstantially as shown in the drawing.

In assembling this door the bottom wooden grooved strip ll is slippedinto the channel at the bottom oi' the U and the side wooden strips 10are slipped into the channels .et the lstiles adjacent thereto. Theglass" or metal panel 7 is then slipped into the grooves formed by thesethree wooden strips. The H shaped cross section l is'then littcd withthe felt washers 5 in the channels of the 'H and slid into the channelsof the stilesdown onto the panel 7 and thev side supporting Woodenstrips 10, to complete thel panelot the door. By this arrangement thepanel 7 is prevented from coming in contact with the frame members l and3 by means of the wooden strips l0 and ll, and isV prevented from comingin contact with the cross member e by means of the felt washer 5. Theside strips l0 are ot such a .length asto support the cross member 4 sothat its weight and tlieweiglit et the panels immediately above it aresupported bythe wooden strips rather than `by the panel member 7.

Other panels are added to the door in the similar manner, the last panelusing .a stile wooden strip 9 and a cross member wooden strip lQwhichdiffer from the other strips in that they are formed to t around thecorner braces 8. i l/Vlien the last panel is in place the top crossmember 2-is placed and the machine screws tightened into the cornerbracexand the door is completed, ready to receive the ,hinges and doorpulls which may be of any well known type attached in the regularmanner. v

In practice it is not necessary to provideV right and left hand doors inthe formation ot' a case such as shown Vin Fig. 95 of the abovereference. The door oit' my invention may be equipped with hinges anddoor pulls ywhich are so located as to be symmetrical, thereby enablingthe door to be turned end for end to form a right or lett hand door.door for example, the welded section of the frame will appear at thebottom, and on the other door, that is the right hand door, the weldedsection will appear at the top. l The construction of the doors is such.that in either ease the weight of the cross members and panels aresupported bythe side strips 9 and 10.

In the event that one of the glass sections becomes broken and has to bereplaced, the door is disassembled by removing the machine screw 13which loosens the corner brace and end section 2 which can then beremoved, the vpanels and side strips are removed down to the brokenpanel which is then replaced, and the door reassembled in v the samemanner as already described.

Having thus described my invention .what

On one of the doors, a left handv I consider new and desire to haveprotected by Letters Patent is pointed out in the ap pended claims. Y

llhat is claimed is:

l. A paneled structure comprising a channel frame, panel members,grooved strips which lit into said trame channels and which support saidpanels, panel separating cross members which are slipped into saidchannels, and which rest on certain of said strips and oversaid panels,said strips and'cross members holding each other iii place in saidchannel trame the members ot'wh'icli form the sole means olf holdingsaid structure togetlier. c l Y 2. A paneled structure coi'nprising arectangular Ytraine composed ot' channeled sections, three sides olfsaid iframe being perma-V nently lined together, the fourth side beingdetachable therefrom, panels vfor said structure, supporting stripsforvsaid panels, said strips litting into thecliannels of said fra-me,

and nanel se Jaratino members which fit into 1 said itramey channels,rest onl certainof said supporting strips and slip over said panels, theweight or the bottom one otsaid panels being supported solely by'one ofsaid strips and the weight of the other panels being.V

supported by said separating members which are in turn supported bysaidI strips, the' various members of said structure being .held

in their respective places solely by the other? members and saidchanneled frame.

f e. 1n a aneled structure aI channel iron u n rectangular irame, threesides of wliichare welded together, the fourth side being held thereonby screws, glass or metallic panels for said structure, removable woodenstrips fitting into the channel of said trame, said strips containinggrooves' into which said panels fit, a panel separating member of rl.channel of said frame, a felt strip whieh'fits into the groove in saidH section, said felt and wooden strips cooperating to prevent` thepanels from coming in Contact with said metal trame work and said woodenstrips supporting said panels and H section.-

4. A paneled' structure consisting of 'ai steel trame having a base anda pair of up-Y rights each part having a channelregistering with thechannels of the others, means comprising a series of removable unitsfOrsupporting panels in said frame, said units including side supports andcross bars each recessed in register to retain a panel, and each unit`supported in the other units. d

A paneled structureconsisting-of a steel frame having a base and a pairof upi'ights each part having a channel registering with the channels otthe others, meansV comprising a series of removable units for supportingpanels in said tramesaid units including side supports and cross barseach vshaped cross section which-slides into theV the frame solely by yrecessed in register to retain a panel, and each unit supported in theframe solely by the other units, said side supports being all shorterthan the panel supported thereby and acting as supports for the crossbar, and each cross bar supporting the side supports of the adjacentpanel.

6. A rectangular paneled structure comprising a channeled frame one endand two sides of which are permanently fixed together, and the other endbeing removably attached thereto, panels for said structure, groovedsupports for said panels the vsupports for the first panel beingremovably fitted in the channels of said ixed end and sides adjacentthereto and the panel slid into the grooves of the supports, H sectionseparating members, one of which is slid into said side channels ontosaid side supports and over said panel to form a top therefor and abottom `for the next panel, the supports and separating members of thenext and other panels beingk similarly inserted,

the removable end of said frame formin a t `7. A frame for apaneledstructure comprising base and side members, and means for building up aseries of interchangeable panels therein consisting of grooved stripsslightly shorter than the panels they Support and cross members, saidstructure built up and assembled in said frame in units each comprisinga base and a pair of side supports and each unit acting as the solevertical support for the next unit, said units being al1 interchangeableand removable.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 6th day of June,A. D. 1925.

HERBERT F. OBERGFELL.

